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Views of Sicily, Italy, in area occupied by U.S. troops during World War II. Soldiers inspect an Italian sound detector

Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War 2. U.S. soldiers remove grass camouflaging from an Italian anti-aircraft sound-tracking device set up on high ground in Sicily during World War 2. A U.S. Airman sits at the controls and operates the device, rotating it through various positions, while a soldier continues to remove all the camouflage materials from it. A small Italian boy sits watching, nearby. The two soldiers rotate the sound detector for the camera. View shifts to a protected harbor with breakwater, in the distance. An Army photographer takes a still photograph. View of hilltop buildings from boat moving through water down below rocky cliff with outcroppings extending into the water. View of agricultural land from a grassy hillside.

Date: 1943, August
Duration: 3 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066887
British troops loaded onto vehicles advance towards Marzamemi in Sicily, Italy during World War II.

British troops at Marzamemi in Sicily, Italy during World War 2. British soldiers loaded onto tanks and trucks advance. A sign reads 'Marzamemi'. Amphibious trucks, Bren carriers, M-4 tanks (M4A2 variants) and M-7 howitzer motor carriages move along a road into a town. Soldiers loaded on vehicles as they advance.

Date: 1943, July 9
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066892
Allied equipment and supplies being unloaded at a beach in Sicily, Italy during World War II.

Allied invasion of Sicily, Italy during World War II. A Landing Craft Vehicle comes onto a beach and a 2 1/2 ton truck rolls off it. Landing crafts at the beach. A bulldozer makes a beach head. Allied soldiers unload supplies from a landing craft. DUKWs (amphibious trucks) move out of water and up the beach. A DUKW backs up on the beach.

Date: 1943, July 10
Duration: 2 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066899
Damaged La Scala Opera House and cathedrals in Milan, Italy during World War II.

The aftermath of Allied bombing in Milan, Italy during World War II. Italians walking around damaged buildings and rubble on the ground after heavy bombing. Damaged La Scala Opera House (Via Filodrammatici, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy) after the bombings. Interiors of the opera showing its damaged dome. Damage sustained in the Palazzo Marino (Piazza della Scala, 2, 20121 Milano MI, Italy), near the La Scala Opera House. A statue of Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni (Piazza S. Fedele, 20121 Milano MI, Italy) still stands among the rubble of the surroundings. Behind the statue is the Church of Saint Fidelis (Piazza S. Fedele, 4, 20121 Milano MI, Italy). Damaged glass dome of the famous shopping mall Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (P.za del Duomo, 20123 Milano MI, Italy). Italian men walking in Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II after bombing. Exteriors of the Ospedale Maggiore (now known as the Policlinico di Milano Via Francesco Sforza, 35, 20122 Milano MI, Italy) after bombings. Corridors of a building with rubble spread all over. Cars and pedestrians on a street and damaged buildings in the background. The neighborhood of San Babila with significant damage. Basilica di San Babila exteriors after bombing. Damaged exterior of the famous Duomo Cathedral (P.za del Duomo, 20122 Milano MI, Italy). Rose windows of the Duomo Cathedral. Damaged body of a naked statue. People close the doors of the Duomo Cathedral.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675066917
U.S. Army Rangers board British landing craft in Weymouth, England during World War II

Pre-invasion activities of United States Army Rangers (2nd Battalion) in Weymouth, England during World War 2. The Rangers eating doughnuts (donuts) and drinking coffee. They march along Weymouth Esplanade to an embarkation area. Royal Hotel Weymouth and St. John's Church seen in the background. They are checked as they move past the pier. The rangers get into British Landing Craft Assault (LCA) at the pier. (The officer seen with a white bar on front of his M1 helmet, is First Lieutenant Robert T. Edlin, who was the first American soldier to board a Landing craft at Weymouth for the Invasion of Europe.) LCAs underway at harbor en route to a transport. An LCA filled with troops.

Date: 1944, June 4
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067145
U.S. Naval task force and Amphibious assault operations during World War II in the Pacific

Capital ships of a U.S. Naval Task Force underway in formation, seen from another warship ahead of them. A shell being loaded into the breech of a naval gun, followed by containers of propellant powder. Sailors controlling aiming of guns in triple turret. Closeup from outside, of gun triple guns moving, and then firing to starboard. Glimpse of a battleship firing to port. A Baltimore class heavy cruiser, in camouflage paint, firing forward 8-inch guns to starboard. An Iowa class battleship. A Baltimore class cruiser underway. A Benham class destroyer in camouflage paint. Aerial view of carrier-based Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver banking left and diving. Glimpse of bombs falling. Other U.S. Navy warplanes maneuvering. A U.S. Landing ship medium (R) firing rockets. USS LSM-197 and 198 (R) firing rockets. Numerous explosions along the shore of a Japanese held Pacific Island. An Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper underway. Members of a Navy underwater demolition team leaving their boat. Huge underwater explosion raises clouds of water and smoke. A Portland class heavy cruiser firing guns. Shells exploding on shore. More Naval guns firing. A U.S. Battleship firing triple 16 inch guns and double 5-inch guns. U.S. troops climbing down rope nets from an attack transport ship, to board landing craft. The 173 foot Patrol Craft, USS PC-1306 is seen among landing craft. Closeup of U.S. troops in the landing craft and then wading ashore from them. U.S. troops under heavy Japanese fire at Pacific Island beachhead. May hunkered down in sand. Some treat wounded while under fire. Soldiers firing mortars, 75mm pack howitzers., and rifles. More Naval guns firing and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft flying overhead. Gun camera film of Japanese aircraft being downed by a U.S. carrier based airplane. A U.S. Douglas Dauntless SBD aircraft buzzing over the beachhead. Another gun camera view of a Japanese aircraft being shot down. Landing Ship Tank (LST-1006) arriving at beachhead. An army truck drives her ramp. Various Navy support ships and activities. A U.S. Navy F4F aircraft firing rockets.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067286